Chapter 139. To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States
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CHAP. 139.— An Act To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States.February 28, 1895. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Steam vessels.[R. S., sec. 4434, p. 859, amended](/us/rs/s4434/p859). That section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes be amended to read as follows: " “Sec. 4434. No externally fired boiler having its shell constructedThickness of boiler plates increased for vessels on certain rivers. of iron or steel plates exceeding an average thickness of thirty one-hundredths of an inch shall “be employed on any steam vessel navigating the Red River of the North or rivers flowing into the Gulf of Mexico or their tributaries; and no externally fired boiler employed on Space between flues.any such steam vessel shall have less than three inches space between its shell and any of its internal flues, and not less than three inches space between such flues when any such flues are more than five inches in diameter; and every such externally fired boiler employed on any Manhole.such steam vessel shall be provided with a manhole in the lower part of the front head thereof, of such dimensions as may be prescribed by the Board of Supervising Inspectors, in all cases where the distance Extra thickness allowed ocean, etc., vessels.between its internal flues is less than three inches.
Externally fired boilers having shells constructed of iron or steel plates not exceeding an average thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch may, in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, be authorized and employed on steam vessels navigating the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, or saltwater bays or sounds, or the Great Lakes, or any of them, and waters *Proviso*.Average required.flowing to and from the same, or any of them: *Provided*, That on inspection no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of thirty one-hundredths of an inch and no plate that is by this Act limited to a thickness of fifty one-hundredths of an inch shall be rejected for use if found to exceed those dimensions, respectively, if the average thickness thereof does not exceed the limits therein specified, and the FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Sess. III. Chs. 139, 140. 1895.691 amount of steam pressure that will be permitted to be carried in boilers constructed in accordance with the requirements of this Act shall be determined from measurements showing the least thickness of the plates.” " Sec. 2. That all laws or parts of laws conflicting with this Act areRepeal. hereby repealed. Approved, February 28, 1895. Chapter 140: Making appropriations for the service of the Post-Office Department for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six.
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Chapter 139
To amend section forty-four hundred and thirty-four of title fifty-two of the Revised Statutes of the United States
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